British Council TeachingEnglish 07 September 2011

TeachingEnglish Newsletter 07 September 2011 Adrian Underhill has been one of many Guest Writers to provide their insight on TeachingEnglish since 2008. Watch out for a new series starting later in 2011, where guests will be writing on the site and giving workshops. English Language Assistants Find regular advice and classroom support for English language assistants. LearnEnglish Kids Children can develop their English skills with topic-based games, songs, stories. LearnEnglish Central Develop your English, with language games, downloads, stories and articles. BritLit The aim of BritLit is to help teachers from around the world to exploit English literature in the ELT classroom.  Hello again! This new edition of the TeachingEnglish newsletter contains an interesting article for any teachers who are just starting to teach primary level students. For many teachers who trained only to teach English to adults this can be a frightening experience. We have another in our series of lessons that is building up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012, in this lesson students plan and present a visit to the games. There's also still a chance for your students to enter the video competition on our sister site LearnEnglish Kids. Finally, if your students are interested in football and also want to learn English you might like to point them towards the British Council's Premier Skills website. The site also has teaching materials that you can take into class if you have any football mad groups. Best wishes   Duncan   TeachingEnglish Team | British Council | BBC Visit the Games        In this lesson students plan a visit to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and create a travel itinerary. The aims of the lesson are to create and present a group visit to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and to practise the language of sharing preferences, compromising, making enquiries / arrangements.  Read more  Starting primary Teaching at primary level can cause many teachers, particularly those who have trained to teach adults, a variety of problems and generate a range of worries. Unfortunately, it is common for teachers to be asked by their institution to teach young learners even though they don't have specific training. Read more  Dream school   British kids are having problems at school. In this lesson, students read about a TV chef who wants to improve education in Britain. They invent their ideal school and then present their ideas to their classmates.      Read more Competition   Send us a video of yourself talking about your news to share with children around the world and win some fantastic prizes! You can have your video made professionally by the What's Your News? team and see it on the LearnEnglish Kids website.          Read more  Conditional chain game   This game is good to revise and practise structures in the first conditional. The teacher begins with a sentence, for example "If I go out tonight, I'll go to the cinema." The next person in the circle must use the end of the previous sentence to begin their own sentence. Eg "If I go to the cinema, I'll watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Read more      Premier Skills English You can help your students learn English online with the help of this free website brought to you by the British Council and Barclays Premier League. Communicate in two of the world's global languages - English and football. Read more

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